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		<title>Awakening Taste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was a little girl. living in Brooklyn, and it was a perfect, warm day, or we were watching something beautiful, like a scarlet sunset over the city skyline, my mother would say to me, “Close your eyes, breathe it in, and hold this moment in your mind, so you may remember it with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taetopia.com/taste-this/awakening-taste/1427</link>
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		<title>Tomato Season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I bought our first house this year, and we moved during of one of the snowiest winters the Mid-Atlantic has seen in decades. I thought I&#8217;d be back in full swing with the cooking and blogging by now. Everything in the kitchen was ship-shape quite some time ago. But then there were the boxes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taetopia.com/ingredients/tomato-season/1393</link>
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		<title>Warwick Valley Winery&#8217;s Black Currant Cordial and Doc&#8217;s Hard Cider</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I attended the Whisky Classic in Morristown, NJ, hosted by the Whisky Guild. I am not sure how many styles of whisky were on hand for tasting, but I would not be overestimating if I guessed somewhere around 100. I tasted some truly spectacular whisky, bourbon, and rye, and am already looking forward to next [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taetopia.com/cocktails/warwick-valleys-black-currant-cordial-and-docs-hard-cider/1373</link>
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		<title>Chef&#8217;s Table at elements &#8211; Princeton, NJ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week was the first anniversary of the launch of taetopia, as well as the night my husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary by dining at the chef&#8217;s table at elements in Princeton, NJ. This was apropos since a dinner at elements one year ago was what inspired me to launch my blog. Sous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taetopia.com/restaurant-reviews/chefs-table-at-elements-princeton-nj/1316</link>
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		<title>Jonathan Waxman&#8217;s Warm Sweet Onion Tart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Waxman is one of my favorite chefs. Credited with bringing California cuisine to New York City, he was a celebrity chef in the pre-Food Network era, little known to those outside the food industry and restaurant aficionados. Thanks to an exceptional run as a contestant on Season 2 of Top Chef Masters, he is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taetopia.com/recipes/jonathan-waxmans-warm-sweet-onion-tart/1297</link>
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		<title>Lessons from Cooking at Home and My Eating Well Challenge (Preparation is the Key!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For four weeks I cooked at least three nights a week, using recipes from EatingWell&#8217;s cookbooks. There were several reasons for this challenge, the most important being that I wanted to: Eat consciously and locally. With full-time jobs, kids, and other obligations, too often we rely on convenience foods and take-out, not paying attention to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taetopia.com/cookbooks/lessons-from-cooking-at-home-and-my-eating-well-challenge-preparation-is-the-key/1261</link>
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		<title>EatingWell&#8217;s Baked Macaroni and Cheese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 4, day 3 of My Eating Well Challenge. EatingWell&#8217;s Comfort Foods Made Healthy cookbook has redeemed itself with this version of mac and cheese. It may have simply been the luck of the draw that the two other recipes I chose from this book were lackluster. I was beginning to feel that EatingWell&#8217;s definition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taetopia.com/recipes/eatingwells-baked-macaroni-and-cheese/1224</link>
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		<title>Beef &amp; Portobello Mushroom Stroganoff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 4, day 2 of My Eating Well Challenge. Well, it had to happen sometime. Most of the EatingWell recipes have been very good, but this Stroganoff was very disappointing. First, there is too much dried thyme, which can be acrid. Second, three tablespoons of flour is way too much thickener. As with the gravy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taetopia.com/recipes/beef-portobello-mushroom-stroganoff/1221</link>
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		<title>Chicken &#8220;Fried&#8221; Steak &amp; Gravy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 4, day 1 of My Eating Well Challenge. As a rainy, overcast week, I decided this weeks&#8217; recipes would come from EatingWell&#8217;s Comfort Foods Made Healthy. I&#8217;ve eaten chicken fried steak twice. The first time as kind of a lark when I found it on a menu in New York City, having never seen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://taetopia.com/recipes/chicken-fried-steak-gravy/1217</link>
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		<title>Ham &amp; Swiss Rosti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 3, day 3 of My Eating Well Challenge. Rösti, at its simplest, is shredded potatoes which are pressed into a layer in a saute pan, and fried with some type of fat to make a potato cake that is crispy on the outside, and is generally served as a side to an entree. By [...]]]></description>
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